Microfossils.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Armstrong, Howard, 1957-

Contributor:

Brasier, M. D.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Micropaleontology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed. / Howard Armstrong and Martin Brasier.

Place of Publication:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This is a new and completely rewritten edition of the well-known text Microfossils (first published in 1980) covering all the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology.particular attention is given to the uses of microfossils in environmental reconstruction and biostratigraphynumerous line and half-tone illustrationsemphasis on practical applications of micropalaeontologyonly student-friendly micropaleontology text available

Contents:

Preface; PART 1 Applied micropalaeontology; 1 Introduction; 2 Micropalaeontology, evolution and biodiversity; 3 Microfossils in stratigraphy; 4 Microfossils, stable isotopes and ocean-atmosphere history; 5 Microfossils as thermal metamorphic indicators; PART 2 The rise of the biosphere; 6 The origin of life and the early biosphere; 7 Emergence of eukaryotes to the Cambrian explosion; 8 Bacterial ecosystems and microbial sediments; PART 3 Organic-walled microfossils; 9 Acritarchs and prasinophytes; 10 Dinoflagellates and ebridians; 11 Chitinozoa; 12 Scolecodonts; 13 Spores and pollen

PART 4 Inorganic-walled microfossils14 Calcareous nannoplankton: coccolithophores and discoasters; 15 Foraminifera; 16 Radiozoa (Acantharia, Phaeodaria and Radiolaria) and Heliozoa; 17 Diatoms; 18 Silicoflagellates and chrysophytes; 19 Ciliophora: tintinnids and calpionellids; 20 Ostracods; 21 Conodonts; Appendix - Extraction methods; Systematic Index; General Index

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Rev. ed. of: Microfossils / M.D. Brasier. 1980.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Related Work:

Brasier, M. D. Microfossils.

ISBN:

1-118-68544-X

1-280-23713-9

1-282-02827-8

9786612028274

9786610237135

1-4051-4111-5

OCLC:

700679006